Example sentences of "[v-ing] up for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In LONDON dealers were gearing up for a rush of prospective buyers . |
| 2 | THE NORTH-EAST is gearing up for a bumper celebration of European arts and entertainment . |
| 3 | BARCLAYS , the biggest plastic card issuer , is gearing up for a blitz on card fraud in the run-up to Christmas . |
| 4 | ‘ I thought you might be otherwise involved — signing up for a television series , perhaps . ’ |
| 5 | Check your existing lender 's redemption charge before signing up for a replacement loan . |
| 6 | It said it one of the guitar magazines I use my all the time before , before winding up for a gig , and all this sees for wrecking one of the guitars ! |
| 7 | Two friends from the paras — one an ex-member of the Irish Rangers , the other a deserter from the French Foreign Legion — were saving up for a trip to South Africa where they intended to join the South African Army . |
| 8 | I was supposed to be saving up for a car , but I 'm still too young to take my driving test , so I bought her instead — with the first payment of the advance for this book ! |
| 9 | Dressing up for a walk in the forest to find eggs |
| 10 | From time to time , taking one to lunch or meeting up for a drink gives you a chance to talk shop and learn about the other 's work and publications . |
| 11 | We acclimatise with shorter trips for the first few days , then split for free sailing , meeting up for a couple of days to brief for another long session of free sailing . |
| 12 | Gliders lining up for a competition launch |
| 13 | That Hewlett-Packard Co is thought to be lining up for a piece of Taligent ( UX No 425 ) , should come as no real surprise . |
| 14 | That Hewlett-Packard Co is thought to be lining up for a piece of Taligent , should come as no real surprise . |
| 15 | Lining up for a photocall in front of the latest Leyland Daf trucks , just before the announcement of the rosy future the newly formed companies have predicted for themselves . |
| 16 | I thought my form had been good enough throughout the year to warrant selection , but there is always that niggling doubt , especially as I had angered Frank Dick by not turning up for a relay practice at Loughborough where he was engaged in running the annual Summer School for athletics . |
| 17 | Why , you going up for a Chinese ? |
| 18 | Just wait here , I 'm going up for a bath first , you can |
| 19 | To put it another way : when the cat is on heat ( which she has n't been since the vet gave her the unkindest cut of all ) , nevertheless when she was , she had very little time for chasing moths hanging unsubtly round the fridge or cuddling up for a neck scratch . |
| 20 | Now there 's a sight you do n't see every day , Restaurateur and Chef Extraordinaire Raymond Blanc , the man who sets culinary trends at up to £70 a head , queueing up for a school dinner in Oxfordshire . |
| 21 | If I was a man and I thought the only way to get my jollies was by coughing up for a woman 's veal in a sorrel coulis , I would be suicidal . |
| 22 | ‘ Puckering up for a kiss exercises 12 muscles , so do the same there . |
| 23 | Belfast limbering up for a fitness challenge hat-trick |
| 24 | Some of the finest acrobats in the world are limbering up for a show in the Big Top in Cheltenham . |
| 25 | Even in such classic areas as the Mississippi delta , where sediment is thought to be accumulating rapidly , there is plenty of evidence to suggest that , after building up for a while , much of it is carried away again . |
| 26 | FERRARI the fast fading Grand Prix giants , are revving up for a revival … with British know-how . |
| 27 | A MOTHER told how getting up for a drink of milk saved her family from a house fire . |
| 28 | If you really do n't feel like coming up for a smear at that time , that 's fine and we 'll understand why . |
| 29 | This year I have my mummy and my daddy coming up for a couple of days and that will be fine |
| 30 | ‘ Cissie wo n't be coming up for a while , ’ she said , making her way back to the bed , ‘ do you want to wait ? |